KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH ACEH DALAM PENEGAKAN HUKUM KEHUTANAN

Ema Syithah, Suhaimi Suhaimi, Taqwaddin Taqwaddin

Abstract

Abstract: Based on Article 1 point 3 Regulation No. 41/1999 on Forestry, forest area shall be a certain area which is designated and or stipulated by government to be preserved as permanent forest. Forest encroachment is prohibited with imprisonment charge under the Law No. 41/1999 on Forestry and the Law No. 18/2013 on the Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction. The research aims to discuss the policy of the Government of Aceh in enforcement of law on forestry within the Pocut Meurah Intan Forest Park and the Government of Aceh’s efforts in controlling the utilization of the Pocut Meurah Intan Forest Park. The juridical normative and juridical empiric methods are applied in the research. The method is applied by gathering data from bibliographical and literature research that is main source in the research. Juridical empiric approach is also applied in the research that is by conducting a research. The research finds that there are alternation of forestry zoning within the Pocut Meurah Intan Forest Park, the development of the Headquarter of Mobile Brigade of the Aceh Province Police Force that has yet to gain permission from the President, the development of the Seulawah Scout Camp Ground that has yet to be registered at the Badan Pertanahan Nasional and some farming that has yet to have permission from the government without expansion. The Government of Aceh’s policy and law enforcement against perpetrators of forest encroachment activities are that the perpetrators will not being held in custody should the perpetrators admit guilty and promise not to repeat their illegal actions. The Government of Aceh’s effort in controlling the utilization of the Pocut Meurah Intan Forest dissemination and information gathering as basis for policy making to deal with problems in the forest park. The policy also contains periodically evaluation activities to evaluate the farming activities within, the farmers are given opportunity to have the government permission to utilize the land for farming, perpetrators of forest encroachment activities will not being held in custody, but should the perpetrators repeat their illegal actions the enforcement will take place.